---
type: "Bill"
title: "Dallas Occupancy Tax."
description: "Dallas Occupancy Tax."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2007"
identifier: "SB 154"
citation: "North Carolina SB 154 (2007)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AUTHORITIES", "BLANK BILL", "COUNTIES", "HOTELS & MOTELS", "LOCAL", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MUNICIPALITIES", "RATIFIED", "TAXATION", "TAXES", "OCCUPANCY", "TITLE CHANGE", "TRAVEL & TOURISM", "SEN. HOYLE", "GASTON COUNTY", "DALLAS", "CHAPTERED", "TOURISM DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITIES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2007-02-13"
last_action: "2007-07-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f3844b26-0574-4a8f-8a23-9f9169d46491"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2007&BillID=S154&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "a9316cc8e94fe0a2e0f89a0d6d943921e6b2c92b30c114caa02c2e0e927c40c5"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-nc"]
---

# North Carolina SB 154 (2007) — Dallas Occupancy Tax.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Filed** (filed) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S154v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S154v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S154v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S154v3.pdf)
5. **SL2007-317** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S154v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **87–16** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **97–20** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hoyle — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2007-07-30** Ch. SL 2007-317 `became-law`
- **2007-07-30** Ratified
- **2007-07-28** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2007-07-27** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2007-07-26** Placed On Cal For 7/27/2007
- **2007-07-26** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2007-07-26** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-07-18** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2007-07-18** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-07-16** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2007-07-12** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2007-07-11** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2007-07-11** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-07-09** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2007-07-09** Withdrawn From Comm
- **2007-02-14** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2007-02-13** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f3844b26-0574-4a8f-8a23-9f9169d46491`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).